Spelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling BeeSpelling Bee Solver: Daily Hints and Answers to the New York Times Spelling Bee
January 9, 2023 | Expanded Spelling Bee Answers and More
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from January 9, 2023, including disallowed words, alongside other analysis.


Instructions

In the box below, enter the 7 letters from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee and click redo hints. Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.

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center letter KABCOTU
Spelling Bee for January 9, 2023

Related puzzles
Center letter B: January 28, 2022
Center letter O: August 31, 2020

words: 87
score: 343 pts
pangrams: 2
perfect: 2
compounds: 9
bingo: yes

A x 5
B x 25
C x 12
K x 27
O x 6
T x 11
U x 1

4L x 40
5L x 17
6L x 14
7L x 10
8L x 5
10L x 1

  4 5 6 7 8 10 tot
A - 3 2 - - - 5
B 14 5 1 4 1 - 25
C 5 1 1 2 3 - 12
K 11 6 8 1 - 1 27
O 2 1 - 3 - - 6
T 8 1 1 - 1 - 11
U - - 1 - - - 1
tot 40 17 14 10 5 1 87

cmp 7 8 tot
B 2 - 2
C 2 2 4
O 3 - 3
tot 7 2 9

BACKOUT, OUTBACK

word       length      
ABACK 5
ABAKA 5
ACOCK 5
AKUTAK 6
ATTACK 6
BABAKOTO 8
BABKA 5
BACK 4
BACKOUT * 7 perfect pangram
BACKTAB * 7
BAKA 4
BAUK 4
BOAK 4
BOBAK 5
BOCK 4
BOKA 4
BOKO 4
BOKU 4
BOOBOOK 7
BOOK 4
BOOKOO 6
BOUK 4
BUCAK 5
BUCK 4
BUCKO 5
BUCKU 5
BUKA 4
BUKO 4
BUKU 4
BUTTOCK 7
CACK 4
CAOUK 5
CAUK 4
COAK 4
COCK 4
COCKATOO 8
COCKBOAT * 8
COOK 4
COOKBOOK * 8
COOKOUT * 7
CUCKOO 6
CUTBACK * 7
KABAKA 6
KABOB 5
KABOOK 6
KABUTO 6
KACK 4
KAKA 4
KAKKAK 6
KATA 4
KATAUTA 7
KKOKTU 6
KOAUAU 6
KOBA 4
KOBO 4
KOKA 4
KOKAKO 6
KOKKO 5
KOKO 4
KOKU 4
KOOK 4
KOOKA 5
KOTO 4
KOTTU 5
KOTUKU 6
KOTUKUTUKU 10
KUAKA 5
KUBBA 5
KUKU 4
OKKA 4
OKTA 4
OTAKU 5
OUTBACK * 7 perfect pangram
OUTCOOK * 7
OUTTOOK * 7
TACK 4
TAKA 4
TAKO 4
TOCK 4
TOKO 4
TOOK 4
TOUK 4
TUCK 4
TUKTU 5
TUKTUK 6
TUKUTUKU 8
UTUKKU 6

* compound(ish) word

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